Your “friend,” Samuel Stiles, is a metaphor of doomed sodomite america.
“And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.” Revelation 17:1-2.
Both metaphorically and literally (the Japanese report that he got liquored up and fell on his head, killing himself) Samuel Stiles was raised to be a drunk for the devil, presumably in that fake Baptist church where they will lie about him today at the burial of an ass, a/k/a a funeral, while they pretend-pray to God, who will not hear them. In fact, he will be laughing at them pursuant to the teachings of Proverbs Chapter 1, to wit:
“Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.” Proverbs 1:24-32
Why preach on the sidewalks in and around that whorehouse today? In the tradition of the prophets and apostles, WBC preaches on the streets:
“Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. Proverbs 1:20-23.
The Stiles family have invited the world to wave flags and offer prayers to the dung-hill gods of Sodom in a vain attempt to preach/pray this admitted fool from hell into some goofy notion they have a heaven. http://tribune-democrat.com/local/x1501156671/Local-briefs-11-13-2012 WBC will inject some truth and sanity into the scene, as a great mercy from the God of eternity. And why? Because that is what we do as ambassadors of Christ:
“Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.” 2 Corinthians 5:20.
But we don’t wait for invitations from fools. Mt 24:28 “ For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.” The rotting carcase which is SodomUSA—where they hold one continuous death watch/march—creates good preaching opportunities for the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. The world is our parish, after all. Mr 16:15 “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”
“God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” Acts 17:24-31.
“Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.” 2 Corinthians 5:11.
Those are God’s “men” spoken of there; the rest are fools and have not been given ears to hear the good news. But those fools, with you, will go to hell blind and deaf. Amen.
Good day.
On behalf of your friends at WBC